City profile · El Salvador · North America
Chalatenango
Chalatenango Department · El Salvador
City population
19,364
#27
in El Salvador
#26,007
worldwide
14.041, -88.940 · 47 km from San Salvador
About Chalatenango
Chalatenango is a city in Chalatenango Department, El Salvador with a population of 19,364. It is the 27th largest of the 35 cities of 15,000 or more listed in El Salvador, and the 26,007th largest worldwide. It lies 47 km from San Salvador.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Chalatenango Department
Elevation
400 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/El_Salvador
Coordinates
14.041, -88.940
Record updated
2026-04-14
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 35 in El SalvadorClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.